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The Dutch Burghers are an ethnic group in Sri Lanka, of mixed Dutch, Portuguese Burghers and Sri Lankan descent. They are Protestant and speak English and the local languages Sinhala and Tamil. == Origins == The Dutch Burghers largely descend from the Dutch people, with admixtures of Portuguese Burghers and Sri Lankans (either a Dutch father and a Sri Lankan mother, or a Sri Lankan mother of Dutch descent and a Sri Lankan father). In the 17th century the Dutch East India Company (VOC) took over coastal Ceylon (present-day Sri Lanka) from the Portuguese. During the VOC rule the Dutch and Portuguese descendants intermarried.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= History of the Dutch in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) )〕 In the 18th century the Eurasian community (a mixture of Portuguese, Dutch, Sinhalese and Tamil) known as the ''Burghers'', grew, speaking Portuguese or Dutch. ''Burgher'' by definition means "citizen" in Dutch, hence was originally used to differentiate the Dutch from the other Europeans in Ceylon. "Burgher" is now used to describe the Eurasians (of mixed European and Asian ancestry) from Sri Lanka.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= About Sri Lankan Burghers )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dutch Burghers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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